TRIED A HANDKERCHIEF AROUND HIS NECK AND SET IT ON FIRE. HE WAS ABLE TO GETS AWAY AND CALLED POLICE. AN ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL BUS DRIVER ACCUSED OF MOLESTING A STUDENT HAS GONE QUIET. HE FAILED TO REPORT HIS ARREST IN A TIMELY MANNER AND FAILED TO SHOW UP IN COURT TODAY, ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY MENDES HAS DRIVEN CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL SINCE 2008. WINTER GARDEN POLICE SAY JAVIER MENDES CAME TO THEM AND ASKED TO BE REGISTERED AS A SEX OFFENDER. THE ARREST AFFIDAVIT SAYS HE TOLD THEM HE WAS INVOLVED IN A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A STUDENT ON HIS BUS ROUTE. DEPUTIES SAY THAT RELATIONSHIP STARTED IN AUGUST OF 2012 WHEN THE STUDENT ASKED TO USE HIS CELL PHONE TO CALL THEIR PARENTS. THEN SAVED JAVIER'S PHONE NUMBER AND CONTACTED HIM VIA TEXT MESSAGE A FEW DAYS AFTER, ACCORDING TO THE AFFIDAVIT. DEPUTIES SAY MENDES AND THE STUDENT MET A HANDFUL OF TIMES OUTSIDE A CHURCH IN ORANGE COUNTY. THE AFFIDAVIT SAYS WHILE INSIDE JAVIER'S VEHICLE THEY KISSED EACH OTHER AND THE TWO TOUCHED EACH OTHER INAPPROPRIATELY. SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND MENDES SAY THEY'RE REPULSED. I SAW A PICTURE OF THE GUY. WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE LIKE THIS OUT OF WINTER GARDEN. AS DEPUTIES CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THIS CASE, SCHOOL OFFICIALS WILL CONDUCT THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION.